Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 1-800-772-1213 Austin Social Security Office: 507-433-1838
What is SSI? SSI stands for Supplemental Security Income. It’s a program run by Social Security. It pays monthly checks to the elderly, the blind and people with disabilities who don’t own many things nor have much income. If you get SSI, you usually get food stamps and Medicaid, too. Medicaid helps pay doctor and hospital bills. To get SSI, you must be elderly or blind or have a disability. ¨ Elderly means you are 65 or older. ¨ Blind means you are either totally blind or have very poor eyesight. Children as well as adults can get benefits because of blindness. ¨ A disability means you have a physical or mental problem that is expected to last at least a year or result in death. Children as well as adults can get benefits because of disability. Visit our website at http://www.ssa.gov
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
1-800-772-1213 Austin Social Security Office: 507-433-1838
What is SSI?
SSI stands for Supplemental Security Income. It’s a program run by Social Security. It pays monthly checks to the elderly, the blind and people with disabilities who don’t own many things nor have much income.
If you get SSI, you usually get food stamps and Medicaid, too. Medicaid helps pay doctor and hospital bills.
To get SSI, you must be elderly or blind or have a disability.
¨ Elderly means you are 65 or older.
¨ Blind means you are either totally blind or have very poor eyesight. Children as well as adults can get benefits because of blindness.
¨ A disability means you have a physical or mental problem that is expected to last at least a year or result in death. Children as well as adults can get benefits because of disability.
Visit our website at http://www.ssa.gov